A Man Like Eva

A Man Like Eva

92 mins | Drama | Feb. 17, 1984

A bearded director named EVA, a fictive Rainer Werner Fassbinder, lives in a large house with his cast and crew as he films Dumas' Lady of the Camellias. His accountant informs him he has many unpaid bills and little cash on hand. EVA throws a fit and fires him. He then proceeds to play one person off against another, dismiss with cruelty his recent lover Ali, sleep openly with his leading lady Gudrun, and make a direct and public play for his leading man, Walter. He's mercurial, dictatorial, and manic. Will he finish the film, having drawn great performances from his actors through his manipulations, or will his antics set events in motion that spin out of his control?

A Man Like Eva

92 mins | Drama | Feb. 17, 1984

A Man Like Eva
A bearded director named EVA, a fictive Rainer Werner Fassbinder, lives in a large house with his cast and crew as he films Dumas' Lady of the Camellias. His accountant informs him he has many unpaid bills and little cash on hand. EVA throws a fit and fires him. He then proceeds to play one person off against another, dismiss with cruelty his recent lover Ali, sleep openly with his leading lady Gudrun, and make a direct and public play for his leading man, Walter. He's mercurial, dictatorial, and manic. Will he finish the film, having drawn great performances from his actors through his manipulations, or will his antics set events in motion that spin out of his control?
IMDb rating 5.7
Producers Maran Film
Original title Ein Mann wie EVA
Directors Radu Gabrea
Writers Radu Gabrea, Horst Schier, Laurens Straub

Cast

Eva Mattes

as EVA

Lisa Kreuzer

as Gudrun / Marguerite

Werner Stocker

as Walter / Armand

Charles Regnier

as Yvonne

Carola Regnier

as Else

Albert Kitzl

as Max

Towje Kleiner

as Manfred

Lothar Borowsky

as Production Manager

Maria Mettke

as Dancer

Loek Dikker

as Camera Operator

Frank Büssing

as Camera Ass.

Heinz Kowalczyk

as Light Designer

Frederike Wilde

as Walter's Daughter